TEXAS MAN ARRESTED WITH 75 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN LUGGAGE WHILE FLYING TO LONDON, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).

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 Texas man arrested with 75 pounds of marijuana in luggage while flying to London, police say A Texas man was arrested at Miami International Airport after authorities found 75 pounds of marijuana in his luggage before he could board a flight to London. Harrison O’Neill Tiernan, 23, from Austin, was charged with cannabis trafficking. He was traveling to Heathrow Airport and had checked two suitcases for his British Airways flight. Inspectors discovered 65 vacuum-sealed packages containing a green, leafy substance later confirmed to be marijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped Tiernan while he attempted to board the flight, and he acknowledged that the bags were his. Authorities noted the inspections were part of broader efforts at the airport due to high outbound narcotics activity. In total, Tiernan was carrying 34.01 kilograms, or 74.98 pounds, of marijuana. Homeland Security initially declined the case because the amount did not meet the federal threshold, a...

22 ROAD TRANSPORT EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA,ARRESTED IN LAGOS. (PHOTO).



22 RETEANS NAB IN   LAGOS 

At least, 22 members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, are currently being held by the police in Lagos over clashes by the union members on Tuesday this week.
A source disclosed that the state commissioner of police, Mr Sylvester Abiodun Alabi deployed crack teams drawn from Task Force, anti riot police and the CP Crack Squad to Iyana Iba where members of RTEAN had engaged themselves in a free-for-all fight over issue yet to be disclosed by security agents.
The source said those arrested have been ordered transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, on Musuliu Smith street, Yaba.
Last Tuesday clashes left commercial activities in the area paralysed for several hours.
Meanwhile, operatives from various units of the police are on surveillance in and around the area.
Attempt to reach out to the president of RTEAN, Alhaji Abubakar Musa to react on the clashes and the suspension placed on the union by the Lagos government were unsuccessful, as calls made to his phone were unanswered.


 

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